through western scotland, maybe across the peaks and pennines and maybe some rain gathering down to the south—west by the end of the day. blustery winds to begin with. slowly easing as the afternoon continues. temperatures, well, ranging generally between five to eight celsius. a little bit milder in the far south—west. some rain arrives to the west for the start of monday. cloudier skies in the sheltered east. hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines... more than 150,000 people in the uk have now died within 28 days of a positive covid test — since the pandemic began. lawyers for novak djokavic claim he was given a vaccine exemption to enter australia, because he'd had a recent covid infection. thousands more flat—owners will be spared the expense of replacing unsafe cladding — under new government plans to make developers offer four billion pounds towards the costs. at least 21 people have died in north—eastern pakistan after heavy snowfall trapped them in their vehicles. nasa's james web space telescope has unfolded its final mirror panel after launching on christmas day. the golden primary mirror will allow the telescope to be properly focused — helping scientists to better study the universe. sportsday will be coming up shortly. but first, it's the film review. hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. taking us through this week's cinema releases is anna smith. a very warm welcome, anna. nice to see you again. thank you. what have you been watching? i've got a varied menu for you today. we're starting with a restaurant film. it's set over one night over a busy london restaurant. it's called boiling point, and it stars stephen graham. then we're going for a slice of licorice pizza. this is set in 1973 and it comes from the great paul thomas anderson. and finally, we're looking at a film starring ben — benedict cumberbatch, the electrical life of louis wain. that looks like something for everyone. so, tell us about boiling point. this is a fascinating film. this was shot in one take in a london restaurant and the idea is that stephen graham plays a chef who's struggling. he's having a bit of a hard time with this family, with his financial woes, and then it's the busiest night of the year in this restaurant and it's really an ensemble drama, so you see everybody working together in this restaurant, trying to make a busy night work. let's have a look at a clip. 0k. hey, my friday, it's going to be busy, which is good, and we picked some more covers up today. what? so, we're looking at about 100. so, we've got to turn the tables over but obviously not make people feel rushed, yeah? which we can do. we've got a proposal in tonight. they're going to be sat on here, table 13, so, yeah, treat them like royalty. and a celebrity chef in, alexander skye. who? he's going to be sat in the front. alastair... alastair skye. yeah — yeah, him. he's going to be sat at the front. a bottle of chateau on his table, billy, yeah? copy that. good, swearing. brilliant! really loud. there's no way you can hear me from back there. well, you are not out here, i'm out here, and i can hearyou, so let'sjust bring it down, yeah? filthy. good. anything else been on the bar that we're low on? low on cointreau, low on prosecco, low on bitters. i'lljust give them halves for tonight. ok, so we're low on quite a lot. good, anything else from you guys? no, just we need to push the veg and we need to push the fish. - 0k, push veg, push — we need to take a selfie for the instagram. hey! everybody in. 0oh, see, i'm feeling very slightly tense watching that — in a good way. it is a stressful film, it's meant to be a stressful film, but it's so involving, it's immersive — notjust knowing that it's shot in one take but feeling that authenticity — you can feel it. it's actually written and directed by phil barantini, who used to be a chef so he knows. 0h, did he? 0h! he knows, yeah, and you just kind of feel this is authentic and actually what goes on behind the scenes. and, of course, they throw a lot of drama at of the situation. it almost feels like a lot of episodes of fawlty towers put together in a really serious, dramatic format, because you have the food critic in, you've got the proposal, there's a potential allergy, you know, everything is kind of stacking up against them, but itjust feels real. well, that's interesting, isn't it, it feels real, because — because the restaurant industry is so pressurised — we've all watched behind—the—scenes documentaries and read books. and stephen graham — i mean, who doesn't love him as an actor? and i'm thinking he was cast for a reason — obviously, no plot spoilers — but, you know, that in itself makes me think "something tough's gonna happen!" he's a very great, dramatic actor. of course, you know, he's very good at improvisation which also happens quite a lot in this film, actually. they did several takes and i think each one was probably quite different, but one�*s absolutely terrific and it's so good to see stephen graham at the centre of a movie because quite often, he is playing the bit parts or supporting artist but yeah, he's the centre of the story here and it's great. yeah, and known for television, and here he is in a film and this point about it was filmed in one take — now, is that really the case? because we know that they can be tweaked a bit, they can be spliced. it's not the longest film in the world but nonetheless, to do it in one take is extraordinary. it really is. it's very unusual. i mean, films like birdman have sort of claimed it or simulated one take but they have been edited. and there was a film called victoria, which i love, which did it in one take and this has a similar idea. they genuinely did four takes and picked the best one. it's amazing. that's definitely one to watch. take us on to — take us back to the 1970s. yes, indeed, so this is paul thomas anderson's film licorice pizza, and it's based a lot on his recollections and also the recollections of a friend who was a child star and then went on to become a bit of an entrepreneur and a producer. and it stars cooper hoffman, who is the son of philip seymour hoffman, of course, who's worked with paul thomas anderson a lot before he passed away and this young, cheeky guy, gary, is 15 years old and he thinks it's a good idea to chat up a woman of 25, who is played by alana haim, so that's the basic premise is there's this kind of will they, won't they? unconventional friendship develops over time and it's a kind of episodic structure. as you can see, there's a lot of kind of cameos from the likes of bradley cooper. some of the characters are based on real life and some of them aren't but there's a lot of a kind of hollywood personality in there — sean penn pops up — so it's got an unusual structure but it's a very light touch for paul thomas anderson — i think it's one of his lighter films. it's one of his lighter films, but i feel really mixed about this. 0k. because that central premise of is—year—old boy, a 25—year—old woman — it just doesn't work! that doesn't work! and that central conceit does not work, even though there are lots of other things about the film that are terrific — particularly just the way it feels and you feel like you're — i mean, i was very, very young in the time when it was set, but you feel, from everything you see and read about the �*70s, that you're totally back in that period. it's very vivid, but i agree. to me, it is set up as a romantic comedy but it's not romantic to me because i didn't really believe in the central relationship... yes — you can't believe in it. ..or didn't want it to happen. and this, to me, plays into what they call the stalker trope as well, you know, because this boy who is so persistent and he's constantly calling her, she's tells him that she's not at all interested. he persists, he persists — he even phones up and doesn't speak on the end of the phone, which is kind of stalker behaviour but often in these kind of male—skewed romantic comedies, that's presented as rather quaint and appealing and cute, whereas the verse is rarely true in films, so as much as i did enjoy all the thing you talked about it, i did have a problem with that. yes, yes. and well, the cardinal thing, you see, the cardinal thing i did halfway through. i loved the first 45 minutes and then i started doing this, and that's never a good sign, is it? i felt — i know you talked about an episodic structure, but it dragged in the middle. picks up at the end, but it really drags in the middle. i think it's too long. i've seen it twice and i think i enjoyed it more the second time because i prepared for that and ijust relaxed into it and i think if you relax into it, it's very funny. there's laugh—out—loud moments — it is a good laugh, but yeah, if you want a normal structure, you may be disappointed. yeah! don't go for the structure! what's your third choice this week? so the electrical life of louis wain. so louis wain — i had not heard of him i thought, but as soon as i saw the pictures that he drew of cats with big eyes, sometimes playing snooker, doing crazy things, i realised that i knew who he was. and in this film, he's played by benedict cumberbatch and it goes to his sort of struggling artist days as we start off finding him trying to get work, scribbling away, and in the scene we're about to see, he meets tobyjones�*s editor who offers him some work. let's have a look. 0k. why were you throwing peanuts at a bull? i heard they like peanuts - and that it calms them down. but it didn't work. trouble with these - show cows — huge egos. it's a good job you can draw, mrwain, orwe would have parted ways some time ago — and don't think i haven't noticed the state of your visage! oh, this wasn't from. the bull, sirwilliam — i've just come from a boxing class with the greatjem mace. - boxing? mm. so, when did you draw this? 0n the train, from memory. all of them? mm—hm. so, how fast do you work, exactly? oh, just let me show you... hums i'll be frank with you, mr wain. one of our speediest and most prolific staff illustrators has been poached by a rival publication. do you think you'd be up to it? yes, obviously. i don't find this work very taxing, sir william. - i do it to pay the bills— and to provide for the five hungry and precocious sisters that i live at home with — until they get. married, of course. as a matter of fact, i i find the whole thing rather inconvenient. hm. it is a good watch? i'm not sure what to make of that. it is a good watch. as you can see, benedict is great as that kind of eccentric character, but what i liked about this, it then went on to his relationship with his wife, who's played by claire foy. and what they did — and when it was very unusual at the time — they adopted a little stray cat, and this was the seed of his obsession with cats and when he started drawing cats. and it's very unusual to see that. normally, you know, you have the kind of man's best friend film about dogs, but to see a film which is very romantic and lovely about a couple's relationship with a cat, i thought was rather charming. 0k. charming? is that... ? it goes on to deal with his mental health in a way which is rather quirky and i think works on some levels, but to me, i was very moved by that particular sequence with claire foy and i think it's a lovely watch. 0k. and your best 0ut this week, anna. so titane�*s still out in cinemas and this is the palme d'0r winner which shocked the world. bit of an unusual film. i like about it is this is by a feminist female director — she did an incredible film called raw — and it's essentially very hard to describe, but it is a kind of body horror film about a woman who goes on the run, but it also explores a lot about gender, about parenthood, and there's kind of a serious relationship drama at its core as well, so i think if you get past the gore, then you're in luck. 0k! that's a good warning. "if you can get past the gore..." let's hold that thought. a quick thought about dvd or streaming, because there's a really intriguing documentary, it seems to me, that's out. the rescue. this is a fascinating film from the directors of free solo, and it's about the dramatic thai cave rescue from 2018, so the football team of boys who were rescued and it really is an incredible story, and they talked to two british men who were cave divers who had to kind of problem—solve, along with a lot of other people throughout the world, who were trying to figure out exactly how to get these boys out and it's a real lesson in strategy and working together, and it's very inspiring. yeah, and everyone, i think, will remember. we all followed that news story. you didn't have to be a news junkie to know about that and everyone was gripped by that, so to hear how the rescuers did it, ithink is — i haven't seen it yet, but it sounds fascinating. even when you know what happened, it's absolutely riveting. i was completely gripped. wow. so, yeah, recommend. well, there is a good recommendation. anna, good to see you. thank you very much indeed. and enjoy your cinema—going, whatever you choose to go and see this week. see you very soon. bye— bye. good evening, welcome along to sportsday with me, john watson. 0n the programme tonight... cambridge cause the biggest upset of the day of the fa cup thrid round. non—league kidderminster harriers came from behind to shock championship side reading. and can england follow usman khawaja's lead, as they fight to stay in the fourth ashes test? welcome. it is one of the most exciting weekends in the english football calendar — third round weekend — when the premier league sides join the competition. one for the neutral to enjoy a shock or two — and we've seen one already. newcastle united knocked out by league one cambridge in a classic cup upset, one of 21 ties played today. here's jess softley. this is what the fa cup is all about. the drama, the upset — just ask cambridge. the league 1 team knew this would be a battle, going up against premier league side newcastle. the saudi owners flexing their financial muscles this week with the new signing of kieran trippier. but that didn't impress cambridge. joe ironside he defied the odds to send them into the fourth round. it is the stuff dreams are made of! we scored, we kept a clean sheet, which _ we scored, we kept a clean sheet, which is _ we scored, we kept a clean sheet, which is really important. not many teams _ which is really important. not many teams can_ which is really important. not many teams can do that. we always have that belief, — teams can do that. we always have that belief, and look how many supporters have come here to support us! we _ supporters have come here to support us! we sold — supporters have come here to support us! we sold out. it's incredible, what _ us! we sold out. it's incredible, what a — us! we sold out. it's incredible, what a way— us! we sold out. it's incredible, what a way to start the year. this is what it means. 3a places separate afc wimbledon — but you wouldn't know from this performance. tyrone clash was ahead after ten minutes, and they never gave up that lead. adrian clifton confirmed a victory just before full time. teenagerjoe gray was the hero for league two hartlepool. they came from a goal down to knock blackpool out. burnley thought they'd done enough, but championship side huddersfield came back in the second half to sprinkle some of that fa cup of that fa cup magic, sending the other side packing. jess softley, bbc news.